Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 169

    (1)     In this Act:

"reserve"—

        (a)     means—

              (i)     a wilderness area; and

              (ii)     a national park; and

              (iii)     a nature reserve; and

              (iv)     a catchment area; and

        (b)     includes any other area of public land that is—

              (i)     reserved in the territory plan

under the Planning Act 2023

, section 385 (Reserved areas of public land); and

              (ii)     prescribed by regulation to be a reserve; but

        (c)     does not include an area prescribed by regulation as excluded from a reserve.

    (2)     In this section:

"catchment area" means an area of public land reserved in the territory plan

for the protection of water supply under the Planning Act 2023

, section 385 (g).

"national park" means an area of public land reserved in the territory plan

for a national park under the Planning Act 2023

, section 385 (b).

"nature reserve" means an area of public land reserved in the territory plan

for a nature reserve under the Planning Act 2023

, section 385 (c).